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I do think freedom of speech is important, but not when it interferes with other rights. You have no right to speech that causes harm to others and infringes on their rights, for example, hate speech, slander, threats, extortion ... I think most reasonable people would agree. I know John Stuart Mill did.

No right to speech that causes harm to other people and infringes on THEIR rights? Are you kidding me? I'd say that well over 75% of those who have participated in this so called "movement" haven't abided by those guildelines. Where does Mercy for Animals fall into your category?

I guess my point here is that those who AGREE with the Occupy Wallstreet Movement are given a FREE PASS to scream, bitch, and use profanity as they wish on this website. In fact, they are encouraged to do it. Yet, when someone who takes the same approach disagrees with the movement, this website will BLOCK their IP address. The folks who run this website are nothing but a bunch of hypocritical assholes who can't take what they dish. That's the bottom line.

It seems to me that they can't handle ambiguity. You can support Occupy outright, or you can bash it .... from what I gather, you can't attempt to view it objectively and offer up reasonable criticism.

My criticism will never seem reasonable to you or anyone else in this movement, for the very same reasons you just indicated here. You can't view your own movement, or corporate structure, objectively. The majority of this movement are blinded by jealously, and their own personal greed.

Well apprently you are the chosen one, because that was not the case from my point of view. I was cursed at, and torn down with language that was absolutely disrespectful. Yet, I was the one who was banned under another user ID. In addition, this website frequently and publicly calls out users who do not comply with the beliefs of the movement, referring to them as trolls. Yet, they encourage "troll" behavior in their movement's members, no different than a terrorists would. This website is a disgrace to free speech, a disgrace to the idea of debate, and the people who are responsible for it should be thrown in jail for desecrating this country.

I'm not going to do your job. If you can't show me even one mere link, then I can't take your argument seriously. Don't be lazy. Do a little work to support your claims. Laziness is lame. Your not lame are you? What's the point of making claims if you can't even lift a finger to support them?

Then, why did you waste your time posting a lame assumption? If you only have a bit of time in front of the PC, I would suggest you use it wisely. Write good posts with good arguments and backup your claims. It makes you look weak to come here, drop an assumption, then forgo the act of backing it up.